All boys aren't blue : a memoir-manifesto /

All boys aren't blue : a memoir-manifesto / George M. Johnson.

In a series of personal essays, prominent journalist and LGBTQIA+ activist George M. Johnson explores his childhood, adolescence, and college years in New Jersey and Virginia. From the memories of getting his teeth kicked out by bullies at age five, to flea marketing with his loving grandmother, to...

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Main Author: Johnson, George M. (George Matthew), 1985-
Other title:All boys are not blue.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2020.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Johnson, George M. > (George Matthew), > 1985-
African American gay men > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Gay people > Identity > Juvenile literature.
Gay men > Identity > Juvenile literature.
Gay men > Identity.
African American gay men.
Young adult literature.
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Juvenile works.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Black. Queer. Here
  • A different kid. Smile ; Identity ; "Honeychild" ; Fags play football, too ; "Honest Abe" lied to me ; You can't swim in cowboy boots
  • Family. Dear little brother ; Nanny: the caregiver, the hustler, my best friend ; Daddy's second chance ; Losing hope ; Dear Mommy ; A lesson before dying
  • Teenagers. Boys will be boys ; The prom kings we never were ; Setting myself free or setting myself up?
  • Friends. Caught in a haze ; Losing my virginity twice ; Don't know why I didn't call
  • Afterword: All boys aren't blue.

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